An Accra High Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the Director General (DG) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police and the DG of the Legal and Prosecution Unit of the Ghana Police Service.
The arrest orders were issued following the persistent failure of the two to appear in court to answer for alleged contempt charges.
This was after Sureword Global Outreachfiled an application seeking an order for the respondents to release a vehicle they had impounded, with registration number GN 2925-20 to the applicant.
The respondents repeatedly failed to appear before the court, leading to the issuance of the bench warrant despite the several court orders.
Counsel for the applicant, Abraham Arthur on Monday, April 15, moved an application for the committal of the CID boss and the DG of the Legal and Prosecution Unit for contempt.
The court found that the respondents had “blatantly refused” to honour its directives, prompting the issuance of the arrest warrants.
The Court had specifically ordered the IGP to order the Director General of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service as well as the Director of the Legal and Prosecution of the Ghana Police Service to appear before the court Monday morning, and while the orders had been carried out, the two respondents were not in court.
The Court stated ruled that there was evidence on record to show that the court orders had been carried out and that there was affidavit of service indicating that the order of the court to serve on the IGP had been carried out.
Again, a previous order was served on the IGP on March 26.
“This court has extended enough courtesy to these public officers and due to the fact that there is nobody above the law, I hereby issue a bench warrant for the arrest of the respondents,” the court said.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
